urge

urge
[[t]ɜ͟ː(r)ʤ[/t]]
♦♦
urges, urging, urged
1) VERB If you urge someone to do something, you try hard to persuade them to do it.

[V n to-inf] They urged parliament to approve plans for their reform programme...

[V n to-inf] He urged employers and trade unions to adapt their pay settlements to the economic circumstances.

2) VERB If you urge someone somewhere, you make them go there by touching them or talking to them.

[V n prep/adv] He slipped his arm around her waist and urged her away from the window...

[V n] `Come on, Grace,' he was urging her, `don't wait, hurry up.'

3) VERB If you urge a course of action, you strongly advise that it should be taken.

[V n on n] He urged restraint on the security forces...

[V n] We urge vigorous action to be taken immediately.

4) N-COUNT: oft N to-inf If you have an urge to do or have something, you have a strong wish to do or have it.

He had an urge to open a shop of his own...

I have often talked about why we want to be mothers, but none of us can describe the urge exactly.

Phrasal Verbs:

English dictionary. 2008.

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